8/24/2023 0 Comments Rome total war persiaCharles Dickens (1812-1870) would have been a multi-millionaire in today’s money (Photo: General Photographic Agency/Getty)ĭespite decades of inflation, £45,000 is still nothing to be sniffed at – it now gets you a shiny BMW 5 Series (please feel free to donate to my crowdfunder, so I can afford one) – but it’s nothing like a 21st-century fortune. ![]() He raked in £45,000, but was that a lot? It doesn’t sound it. In my book Dead Famous, about the history of celebrity, I tried to work out the modern value of Charles Dickens’s box-office takings during his second American tour in 1867.
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